"Lenny Bruce Leonard Alfred Schneider (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), better known by his stage name Lenny Bruce, was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, and satirist. He was renowned for his open, free-style and critical form of comedy which integrated satire, politics, religion, sex, and vulgarity. His 1964 conviction in an obscenity trial was followed by a posthumous pardon, the first in the history of New York state, by then-Governor George Pataki in 2003. Bruce is renowned for paving the way for future outspoken counterculture-era comedians, and his trial for obscenity is seen as a landmark for"
"Alan Schneider Alan Schneider (December 12, 1917 – May 3, 1984) was an American theatre director responsible for more than 100 theatre productions. In 1984 he was honored with a Drama Desk Special Award for serving a wide range of playwrights. He directed the 1956 American premiere of Samuel Beckett's ""Waiting for Godot"", Edward Albee's ""Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"" and ""Tiny Alice""; the American première of Joe Orton's ""Entertaining Mr Sloane"", Harold Pinter's ""The Birthday Party"", as well as Pinter's ""The Dumb Waiter"", ""The Collection"", and a trilogy of Pinter's plays under the title ""Other Places"" (including ""One for"
"Jörg Schneider Jörg Schneider (7 February 1935 – 22 August 2015) was a Swiss stage and film actor starring usually in Swiss German language cinema and television and stage productions. He gained great renownedness in the German speaking area by numerous ""Kasperle"", ""Pumuckl"" and fairytale-radio plays records and also adapted plays for the Swiss German language. Born in Zürich, canton of Zürich, in Switzerland, Jörg Schneider lived in the municipality of Wetzikon. For three years he attended the teacher training college, before he completed a commercial apprenticeship. At the age of 20, Jörg Schneider premierred at the ""Hirschen"" (in fact"
"George Lee Andrews George Lee Andrews (born October 13, 1942, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actor and singer. He holds the Guinness World Record for the most performances in the same Broadway show, having appeared in the musical ""Phantom of the Opera"" on 9,382 occasions over a period of 23 years. He made his Broadway debut as Frid in the original production of ""A Little Night Music"", and later appeared in the original productions of ""On the Twentieth Century""; ""Merlin"", and ""The Phantom of the Opera"", and in the revival of ""Evita"". He returned to ""A Little Night Music"" in"
"Conrad Leonard George Conrad Leonard (10 October 1898 – 19 April 2003) was a British composer and pianist. He was born in South Norwood. Leonard served in the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War; he left the army in 1919 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Leonard then studied music at the Guildhall School of Music, and he subsequently toured the country as a professional musician. From the 1930s, he performed with stars like Fred Astaire, Cole Porter and Gracie Fields. He composed over 400 ballads; the most famous being ""My Love is Only For You"" (1946) and ""I"
"Fred Schneider Frederick William Schneider III (born July 1, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, arranger, and musician, best known as the frontman of the rock band The B-52's, of which he is a founding member. Schneider is well known for his ""sprechgesang"", which he developed from reciting poetry over guitars. Frederick William Schneider III was born on July 1, 1951, in Newark, New Jersey. He has stated that his musical influences included ""Halloween songs and nutty Christmas songs"" along with ""Motown"". He attended the University of Georgia, where he wrote a book of poetry for a class project. After"
"Fred Santley Fred Santley (November 20, 1887 – May 14, 1953), also known variously as Freddie Santley, Fredric Santley, Frederick Santley, Frederic Santley, and Fredric M. Santley, was an American character actor of the silent and sound film eras, as well as an actor on the Broadway stage. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah on November 20, 1887, as Frederic Mansfield, the son of Laurene Santley, and the stepson of stage actor Eugene Santley. He was the brother of filmmaker and stage actor Joseph Santley, both of whom adopted the surname of their stepfather as their stage name. He would"
"1990, this time in the leading role of Frederick Egermann at the New York City Opera. George Lee Andrews George Lee Andrews (born October 13, 1942, Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is an American actor and singer. He holds the Guinness World Record for the most performances in the same Broadway show, having appeared in the musical ""Phantom of the Opera"" on 9,382 occasions over a period of 23 years. He made his Broadway debut as Frid in the original production of ""A Little Night Music"", and later appeared in the original productions of ""On the Twentieth Century""; ""Merlin"", and ""The Phantom of"
"Louis Schneider (actor) Louis Schneider (born Ludwig Wilhelm Schneider: April 29, 1805 – December 16, 1878) was a German actor and author. Schneider was born in Berlin, the son of George Abraham Schneider (1770–1839). At an early age he was engaged at the Royal Theatre, Berlin, where he soon rose to play leading comedy parts. His reputation as a comedian grew with his success in such roles as Zierl in the ""Einfahrt vom Lande"", Peter in the ""Kapellmeister von Venedig"", Schikaneder in the ""Schuuspieidirektor"" and Basileo in ""Figaro's Hochzeit"", and he became the favourite of Berlin. In 1845 he was"
"Alexander Schneider Abraham Alexander Schneider (21 October 1908 – 2 February 1993) was a violinist, conductor, and educator. Born to a Lithuanian Jewish family in Vilnius, Lithuania, he later moved to the United States as a member of the Budapest String Quartet. Alexander (Sasha) was born Abram Sznejder. At 13, he almost died of tetanus after cutting his knee in an accident. The tetanus distorted his joints and recovery was long and painful. Sasha left Vilnius in 1924 and joined his brother Mischa Schneider in Frankfurt, after securing a scholarship to study violin with Adolf Rebner, the principal violin tutor"
"Slander (DJs) Slander (stylized as SLANDER) is an American DJ duo consisting of Derek Andersen and Scott Land based in Los Angeles. They are best known for their unique sound and subgenre ""heaven trap"". Andersen and Land met at their fraternity in University of California, Irvine. They later went to and graduated from Icon Collective, a music production school together with Nghtmre. Andersen said: ""My relationship with Tyler (Nghtmre) came out of nowhere when we were put in the same classroom at Icon Collective together."" They initially played gigs for their college friends and at local venues. The name Slander"
"John Schneider (stage actor) John Schneider is an actor, theatre director, playwright, and musician based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was one of the founding members of Theatre X, has appeared in hundreds of the group's productions since 1969, and was its Artistic Director and resident playwright until the group disbanded in 2004. His plays, produced by Theatre X and other companies around the world, include ""Acts of Kindness"", ""An Interest in Strangers"", and numerous literary adaptations. Since 1988, Schneider has also performed as a cabaret singer, tap dancer, and leader of the John Schneider Orchestra, a touring jazz/swing group. He"
"a restaurant) theater in Zürich as co-founder of the Cabaret ""Äxgüsi"", and on occasion of the ""Saffatheater"" in the cabaret comedy ""Lysistrata"" in 1958. Schneider started acting in the 1960s, getting popular in comedian-related rules, later also in radio plays and as stage actor and comedian, and was one of the most prominent Swiss German actors and comedians. Jörg Schneider was married to Romy Schneider for 52 years; their son died in 2010 at the age of 46. For his lifetime work, Jörg Schneider was awarded with the ""Prix Walo"" 2013 in May 2014. Yet end of January 2015, Schneider"
"Robert Schneider (writer) Robert Schneider (16 June 1961) is an Austrian writer, who published novels including ""Schlafes Bruder"", texts for the theatre, and poetry. His works have been translated to many languages. ""Schlafes Bruder"" became the basis of a film, a ballet, an opera and several plays, and received international awards. Schneider withdrew from writing in 2007. Born in Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria, Schneider was adopted at age two by a couple of peasants and grew up in the village of Meschach near Götzis, where he still lives as a freelance writer. He studied composition, theatre sciences and art history in"
"on 22 May 1935. Walter Schneider (bass) Walter Schneider (1878–1935) was a German operatic bass. Born in Bretzenheim, his initial musical ambition was to become a conductor, but in the end he decided on a singing career. His first engagement was at the Cologne Opera in 1903. During the 1904-1905 season he was engaged at the Stadttheater in Aachen. In 1905 he moved to the Frankfurt Opera: he was a member of this opera house for the remainder of his professional career, singing more than 200 roles in over 4000 performances. His repertoire included several major Wagner bass roles (Gurnemanz"
"Roberta Levitow, Charles Newell, Roman Paska, Mary B. Robinson, David Saint, Joel Sass and Darko Tresnjak. Alan Schneider Alan Schneider (December 12, 1917 – May 3, 1984) was an American theatre director responsible for more than 100 theatre productions. In 1984 he was honored with a Drama Desk Special Award for serving a wide range of playwrights. He directed the 1956 American premiere of Samuel Beckett's ""Waiting for Godot"", Edward Albee's ""Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"" and ""Tiny Alice""; the American première of Joe Orton's ""Entertaining Mr Sloane"", Harold Pinter's ""The Birthday Party"", as well as Pinter's ""The Dumb Waiter"","
"Walter Schneider (bass) Walter Schneider (1878–1935) was a German operatic bass. Born in Bretzenheim, his initial musical ambition was to become a conductor, but in the end he decided on a singing career. His first engagement was at the Cologne Opera in 1903. During the 1904-1905 season he was engaged at the Stadttheater in Aachen. In 1905 he moved to the Frankfurt Opera: he was a member of this opera house for the remainder of his professional career, singing more than 200 roles in over 4000 performances. His repertoire included several major Wagner bass roles (Gurnemanz in ""Parsifal"", King Marke"
"the Goldene Europa Award with John Lennon. In 1980 she toured with the German rock legend Udo Lindenberg. She played one of the leads in the 1983 film ""Eddie and the Cruisers"", which has since gained a huge cult following, especially in Germany, where Schneider has name recognition. In 1987, she began her acting career at the Theater des Westens in Berlin playing ""Sally Bowles"" in the musical ""Cabaret"". From 1995 to 1998, she performed as Norma Desmond in ""Sunset Boulevard"" by Andrew Lloyd Webber. From 1999 to 2001, she performed as Eva Perón in the musical ""Evita"" at the"
"Bosco was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Philip Bosco Philip Michael Bosco (September 26, 1930 – December 3, 2018) was an American actor. He was known for his Tony Award-winning performance as Saunders in the 1989 Broadway production of ""Lend Me a Tenor"", and for his starring role in the 2007 film ""The Savages"". Bosco was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, the son of Margaret Raymond (née Thek), a policewoman, and Philip Lupo Bosco, a carnival worker. His father was of Italian descent and his mother was of German ancestry. Bosco attended St. Peter's Preparatory School"
"Bernhard-Theater Zürich The Bernhard-Theater Zürich or Bernhard Theater is a theatre in the German-speaking Switzerland situated at Sechseläutenplatz in Zürich. It is part of the building complex ""Opernhaus Zürich"" and also houses the ""Restaurant Belcanto"". The theater was founded by and named after Rudolf Bernhard in 1941. The Bernhard-Theater is an entertainment theater that housed in its early years guest performances and productions (spoken theater and music theater), initially having an own ensemble to establish a ""new workplace for the entertainment theater in Zürich"". Rudolf Bernhard, a Swiss actor and comedian, founded at the former ""Grand Café Esplanade"" (built by"
"adaption of Václav Havel's ""Alert"". In 1993/94 schneider toured again as ""Zettel"" (Nick Bottom ) and as the fool in the ""Twelfth Night"" on occasion of various open-air performances in Switzerland, and in 1999 the title role in a dialect edition of Miller's ""Death of a Salesman"" on stage at the Theater des Kantons Zürich. Beside the stage, Jörg Schneider also is very popular in the German speaking area by his ""Kasperle"", ""Pumuckl"" and fairytale-radio plays records. The ""Chasperli"" (Swiss German for ""Kasperle"") radio plays by Jörg Schneider – once again, many of the records in co-operation with Paul Bühlmann"
"Rob Schneider Robert Michael Schneider (; born October 31, 1963) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter, and director. A stand-up comic and veteran of the NBC sketch comedy series ""Saturday Night Live"", he went on to a career in feature films, including starring roles in the comedy films """", ""The Hot Chick"", ""The Benchwarmers"", and ""Grown Ups"". Schneider was born in San Francisco, California, and grew up in the nearby suburb of Pacifica. His parents are Pilar (née Monroe), a former kindergarten teacher and ex-school board president, and Marvin Schneider, a real estate broker. His father was Jewish and his"
"participated in Solothurn Film Festival at the premiere of his last movie ""Usfahrt Oerlike"", while for the shooting in May 2014 Schneider did not know that he was suffering from liver cancer. Jörg Schneider was one of the most popular actors of the German-speaking Swiss entertainment scene in comedy and boulevard theater, where he had up to 300 performances a year. He was considered a ""comedian with contagious enthusiasm"". Already while attending the teacher college, Jörg Schneider took acting classes and voice lessons. In 1955 he was co-founder of the cabaret ""Äxgüsi"" in Zürich, and in 1957 Jörg Schneider premierred"
"""The Third Man"", ""The Blue Lamp"", ""The Battle of the River Plate"", and ""Whistle Down the Wind"". He died of stomach cancer on 16 January 1981, aged 73. Lee was born on 10 January 1908, the son of Nellie (née Smith) and Edmund James Lee. He was born in either County Cork in what is now the Republic of Ireland, or Brentford, London. Lee's father was also an actor and Bernard's first appearance on stage in 1914, at the age of six, was with his father in a sketch called ""The Double Event"" at the Oxford Music Hall in London."
"Philip J. Lang Philip J. Lang (17 April 1911, in New York – 22 February 1986, in Branford, Connecticut) was an American musical arranger, orchestrator and composer of band music, as well as a musical educator. He is credited for writing the orchestral arrangements (orchestrations) for over 50 Broadway theatre shows, including many landmark productions, such as ""Li'l Abner"" (1956), ""Hello, Dolly!"" (1964), ""Mame"" (1966), ""George M"" (1968), ""Annie"" (1977) and ""42nd Street"" (1980). Together with Robert Russell Bennett, he orchestrated the record-breaking productions of Lerner and Loewe's ""My Fair Lady"" (1956) and ""Camelot"" (1960). The dean of musical orchestrators,"
"British Academy of Composers and Songwriters. Conrad Leonard George Conrad Leonard (10 October 1898 – 19 April 2003) was a British composer and pianist. He was born in South Norwood. Leonard served in the Middlesex Regiment during the First World War; he left the army in 1919 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Leonard then studied music at the Guildhall School of Music, and he subsequently toured the country as a professional musician. From the 1930s, he performed with stars like Fred Astaire, Cole Porter and Gracie Fields. He composed over 400 ballads; the most famous being ""My Love is"
"Joseph Bernard (actor) Joseph Bernard (December 12, 1923 – April 3, 2006) was an American actor and acting teacher who appeared in 25 Broadway plays and several movies and TV appearances in the 1950s through 1970s. Bernard was born in Brooklyn, New York, and studied at New York's New School for Social Research with acting teacher Stella Adler. One of his New School classmates was Marlon Brando. Bernard was drafted into the U.S. Army and served in the D-Day invasion of France. After the war, he appeared in the play ""Winter Soldiers"" and then ""Skipper Next to God"", directed by"
"Friedrich Schneider Johann Christian Friedrich Schneider (3 January 1786 in Alt-Waltersdorf – 23 November 1853 in Dessau) was a German pianist, composer, organist, and conductor. Schneider studied piano first with his father Johann Gottlob Schneider (senior), and then at the Zittau Gymnasium with Schönfelder and Unger. His first published works were a set of three piano sonatas in 1804. In 1805, he commenced studies at the University of Leipzig. He became an organist at St. Thomas Church, Leipzig in 1812, and was named conductor in Dessau in 1821. It is thought that Schneider premiered Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Concerto No."
"Mockingbird"". From 2013 to 2014, Leonard had a recurring role as Dr. Roger Kadar on the television series ""Falling Skies"". Leonard was born in Westwood, New Jersey, the son of Joyce Patricia (née Peterson), a nurse, and Robert Leonard, a teacher at Collier High School. He grew up in Ridgewood, where he attended Ridgewood High School before moving on to Fordham University and later the Columbia University School of General Studies. Because he shares his birth name with another actor, Leonard uses the name of his brother Sean for his Screen Actors Guild membership. Leonard is a three-time Tony Award"
"has also appeared on film, as a narrator in Wisconsin Death Trip. John Schneider (stage actor) John Schneider is an actor, theatre director, playwright, and musician based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was one of the founding members of Theatre X, has appeared in hundreds of the group's productions since 1969, and was its Artistic Director and resident playwright until the group disbanded in 2004. His plays, produced by Theatre X and other companies around the world, include ""Acts of Kindness"", ""An Interest in Strangers"", and numerous literary adaptations. Since 1988, Schneider has also performed as a cabaret singer, tap dancer,"
"as ""a new beginning"". It focused to a younger audience with productions, guest performances and new event formats (""shows with celebrity presenters""), but also successful Bernhard productions (""Bernhard-Littéraire"") and farces and comedies of Hans Gmür and Charles Lewinsky starring popular actors like Vock and Walter Andreas Müller. Despite considerable public success, the management failed again. Among other stage actors, Trudi Roth who was popular as ""Martha Aebersold"" in the Swiss comedy serial ""Fascht e Familie"", starred in about a dozen plays, musicals and farces on Bernhard-Theater between 1965 and 2001. Jörg Schneider (1935–2015), a popular Swiss stage and film actor"
"Jana Schneider Janet Ann Schneider (born October 24, 1951, in McFarland, Wisconsin) is an American actress and photojournalist. Schneider studied at the University of Wisconsin. Interested in drama, music, and photography, in 1974 she moved to New York City, hoping to break into the theater. She soon found herself performing in productions such as ""Shenandoah"", ""The Robber Bridegroom"", and Othello. Later Broadway she was nominated for a 1986 Tony Award as Best Featured Actress in a Musical for the role Helena Landless in ""The Mystery of Edwin Drood"" and won a 1986 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in"
"Fred Schneider and the Shake Society Fred Schneider and the Shake Society is an album by Fred Schneider. It was the first of two solo albums, and was re-released in 1991 as Fred Schneider (self-titled). The video for the song ""Monster"" was included in ""The B-52's 1979-1989"" video tape compilation. Musicians and backing vocalists varied from track to track; notable names included co-producer Bernie Worrell on keyboards, synthesizers and/or backing vocals on several tracks, and Kate Pierson on backing vocals on four tracks including ""Monster"" (in addition to appearing on its music video). Lyrics written by Fred Schneider with music"